AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS TEE, HE WAS BORN TO TOLBERT JR AND VERONICA DRAPER-ROUTT ON MARCH 4, 1967 IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. HE GRADUATED IN 1985 FROM ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS THE LOCAL BASKETBALL STAR. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AND BASKETBALL ASPIRATIONS BY PLAYING FOR TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY.
TEE WAS EMPLOYED BY AMAZON WHERE HE WORKED FOR MORE THAN 8 YEARS AS AN AREA MAINTENANCE MANAGER. HE LOVED HIS JOB, MADE MANY FRIENDS, AND ALWAYS SPOKE HIGHLY OF THEM.
TEE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 26 YEARS DORINDA ROUTT, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN LEXIE MICHELLE, TATYANA ERYKA, AND TOLBERT EDWARD ROUTT IV. THEY ARE THE LIGHT OF HIS LIFE, AS HE WOULD PROUDLY DOTE ABOUT HIS CHILDREN TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE HE MET. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MOM, VERONICA HAMMOCK, HIS TWO BROTHERS KERVIN AND JULIAN ROUTT, AND A VERY LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY THAT LOVE HIM AND WILL MISS HIM DEARLY.
TEE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, TOLBERT EDWARD ROUTT JR. WHO IS LAID TO REST JUST A FEW FEET FROM WHERE TEE WILL BE BURIED.
ON NOVEMBER 6TH 2020 THE VIEWING WILL BE HELD AT DRAPER MORTUARY AT 811 N MOUNTAIN AVE ONTARIO, CA. AT 10:30AM
THE GRAVESIDE FUNERAL WILL BE AT BELLEVUE MEMORIAL PARK AT 1240 W G STREET ONTARIO CA AT 1PM
*THERE IS A PRIVATE RECEPTION AT THE ROUTT FAMILY HOUSE IN MURRIETA CALIFORNIA AFTER THE SERVICES.
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